Women charged more often than men in Fox Cities prostitution cases

6:57 AM,
Nov. 4, 2013

Written by

Ariel Cheung
| Gannett Wisconsin Media

Ninety-nine percent of the men arrested in Grand Chute for patronizing a prostitute will never face criminal charges, but the reality is far different for the women they pay for sex.

Nearly 40 percent of them are charged with either felony or misdemeanor offenses, a Post-Crescent Media review found.

Since 2011, prostitution-related arrests have skyrocketed in Outagamie County. And while there has been a rise in related criminal charges, the prosecutions have largely fallen on the shoulders of women while male patrons have escaped largely unscathed. ...